27" Planar TN Panel 1080p Widescreen LCD Monitor (PX2710MW) $210 or $204 + Free Shipping (expired)

Quote from planar : Planar LCD monitors include our industry leading 3-Year Customer First™ warranty featuring FREE 2-Day Advance Replacement including prepaid shipping both ways.

this is a nice feature

ok i have a stupid question and seriously i really do want to know i read the manual and it does not say, can the hdmi pass through sound to the speakers in this monitor? or do you have to have a 3.5 connection for sound?

grabbed it up, thanks OP.

Quote from ray4jc : this is a nice feature ok i have a stupid question and seriously i really do want to know i read the manual and it does not say, can the hdmi pass through sound to the speakers in this monitor? or do you have to have a 3.5 connection for sound?

I have this monitor and I do audio AND video with HDMI. Love it!

However, I rarely use these speakers. They're, well, let's be honest. They stink! You can get $5 USB speakers that are a gajillion times better!

Quote from Dantheman82904 : I have this monitor and I do audio AND video with HDMI. Love it! However, I rarely use these speakers. They're, well, let's be honest. They stink! You can get $5 USB speakers that are a gajillion times better!

I have two of those LCDs. Great for gaming. Those speakers are quite all right for low sound levels in games/movies/internet (which I actually prefer).

I bought this last time it came up. For gaming and video, it's alright; for anything else, it's not great. I have had great difficulty getting the panel to accurately reproduce colors (and it doesn't help that it is sitting right next to two IPS panels). If I had it to do over, I would have opted for a 120hz 23.5" panel.

I can't speak to the audio other than to say that I've never heard a positive comment about it. I let my M-Audio speakers do that work.

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This is a great monitor for the price. Viewing angles are ok. I use this as an secondary monitor for Hulu, Netflix, etc. in our office/spare bedroom. TU and Rep'd!

Have a pair of these on my desk at home. They are great for the price, I don't use the speakers.

I do some design work and they do almost as good as the Samsungs I have at my office in terms of color rendering, etc.

Great monitor. No audio out though, but the interface on my laptop allows me to only use video through the HDMI cable.

Would this be a decent upgrade from a Dell ST2410?

Quote from pdinc : Would this be a decent upgrade from a Dell ST2410?

That depends on why you'd want to. It's the same resolution, but the Planar is, of course, a larger display. Here is why I pulled the trigger:

Size
Warranty
HD
HDMI (because what kind of deal doesn't have HDMI )
response time
frequent deals = great pricing on it
and free ship

I upgraded from a 22" Samsung (226BW, which is a FANTASTIC monitor 5/5 on Newegg with somewhere around 1500 reviews - deactivated). I have not been disappointed when going to this Planar. I have played games on it ranging from Rome: Total War Gold to Battlefield 3, and not been disappointed. It's great on the web and at work.

Do you need it or do you want it?
Is the price right for you?
Does it have the right features?

I can say that, although I bought this a long time ago for around 250 or 260, I don't regret this purchase at all. I love it and would buy another if I could find a way to justify it

Haha, by the way, those questions are how I imagine my wife responding to me if I were to tell her about a deal I want to jump on. It's just my little helpful tip so that you keep your spouse as happy as possible

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Waiting for the ViewSonic to drop to about this price (~$210). Might not happen for a long time though.